The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius
by Apuleius
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0374531811
- ISBN 13
- 9780374531812
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Synopsis
The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel may in fact be the author himself. His first name is revealed to be Lucius at the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself.
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A49845
- Title
- The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius
- Author
- Apuleius
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0374531811
- ISBN 13
- 9780374531812
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- Gordonsville, Virginia, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2009-03
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